Dungannon Market This is a weekly market and It is held every Thursday. The Market commences at 10 o’clock from the 25th of March to the 25th of September and from the 25th of September to the 25th of March at 11 o’clock. The Market is held in the open street in the centre of the town. All Linens that come to this Market are 7 - 8 wide, from 48 to 52 yards long, of the sets of 600 - 1,100. The prices of the Linens brought to this Market are as follow * Those made of Tow Yarn average about 5 and 1/3 d. per yard * Those made of Flax Yarn average from 9d. to 13 and 1/2d. per yard The Yarn of the Linens brought here goes through a process of one operation of bleaching before it is made into Cloth. The half -bleached Linen has the Seal of a Registered Bleacher affixed on it before it is exposed to sale. The coarse Linen is for the most part exported to England. The fine Linen is bleached in this Country and for the most part exported to England. All Linens which come to this Market are exposed to sale at the same hour. The average numbers of the webs sold in this market may be said to be thus- about 700 course webs manufactured from Tow Yarn and about 1,100 webs from flax yarn. The weekly value of the whole about 4,000l. The principal number of Weavers who attend this Market reside in this County. About 1,200 Weavers on an average attend this Market weekly. From 100 to 120 Buyers upon an average attend each weekly Market Of the Buyers who attend this Market about 40 are Principals the remainder are Commissioners The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers of this County who attend this Market themselves or send their Commissioners to purchase for them JACKSON, EYRE and Co. Tulladoe Moy Thomas GREER Rhone Hill Dungannon Thomas R GERAGHTY Dungannon Alexander STEWART Drumreagh Dungannon Jonathan HOGG Redford Dungannon Jonathan PIKE Derryvale Dungannon William GREER Milltown Dungannon Edward SHAW Castlecaulfield Dungannon Patrick FERGUSON Springfield Dungannon William BOARDMAN Dungannon Samuel McDONNELL Derry Hill Dungannon James IRWIN Willbrook Cookstown William MAGILL Cookstown William MORGAN Cookstown William BYERS Moy James DELWORTH Dungannon Joseph WILSON Dungannon William GARRETT Dungannon Jonathan TURNER Dungannon Joseph ORR Dungannon James MULLUN Dungannon James FALLON Dungannon John HIDES Stewartstown John WEIR Stewartstown James HUNTER Stewartstown Patrick McCONNELL Stewartstown Samuel MORROW Dungannon George WiILCOCKS Dungannon John MURRAY Dungannon Robert McKNIGHT Augher Hugh OWENS Strabane The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers from other Counties who attend this Market themselves or lend their Commissioners to purchase for them Francis BENNETT and Son Coleraine Londonderry John WILSON and Son Coleraine Londonderry John KNOX Coleraine Londonderry Thomas RICE Coleraine Londonderry Samuel WILSON Coleraine Londonderry Monk EAGLESON Coleraine Londonderry Charles BERNIE Coleraine Londonderry Charles HEMPHILL, HUNTER and Co. Coleraine Robert CONN Coleraine Londonderry Thomas BENNETT Coleraine Londonderry James McFARLAND Coleraine Londonderry James McAFEE Coleraine Londonderry Leslie ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady James ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady Alexander ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady ACHESON, SMYTH, and Co. Londonderry Carey McCLELLAND and Co. Londonderry Mark ROGERS Dungiven Londonderry John BOYLE Dungiven Londonderry John CHAMBERS Mulaghmore Co Tyrone Archihald and John BARKLEY Larne William MILLER Ballymena John CURIE Ballymena William RANKIN Coleraine Alexander CLARK Maghera Jonathan RICHARDSON Lisburn Robert McBRIDE Armagh Adam McBRIDE Armagh John WYNNE Keady Hugh KIDD Keady James GERON Keady Joseph JOHNSON Stranorlar John and James QUIN Newtown Stewart Owen DONNELLY Omagh Edward SPROULE Newton Stewart James GREER Omagh John CHARLY Belfast William MACKY Coleraine Hugh HART Coleraine Henry ORR Coleraine Strabane Market This is a Weekly market. It is held every Tuesday. The Market commences at the hour of 10 o’clock from the 25th Mar. to the 25th of Sept., and from 25th Sept. to the 25th of Mar. at 11 o’clock, for seven-eighth wide Webs. The 3/4 wide Webs are permitted to be sold, summer and winter, 1 hour earlier than the 7/8 wide Webs. The Market is over in less than an hour. The Market is held in the open street in the centre of the town. The Fabrics sold here are as follow: * 3/4 wide Webs measuring from 52 yards to 100 yards, 28 inches in breadth, manufactured from Tow-yarn; quality - middling. * 7/8 wide Webs, 52 yards in length, and 32 inches in breadth; quality- pretty good. The average prices of Linen sold in this Market are as follow: * 3/4 wide Webs sell from 6d. to 8d. per yard, average 7d. * 7/8 wide Webs sell from 14d, to 20d. per yard, average, 17d. All Linen comes to this Market in a brown state. The Yarn they are made of is tolerably well bleached. The 3/4 wide Webs are mostly exported to Manchester, and other parts of England. The 7/8 wide Webs are sent to the different Bleach-yards, and from thence to the Dublin or London Markets. A small portion exported to London in a brown state. From 25th Mar. - 25th Sept., the 3/4 wide Linens are exposed to sale at 9 o’clock in the forenoon, and from the 25th Sept. - 25th Mar. at 10 o'clock. 7/8 wides are exposed to sale at 10 o’clock in the forenoon the summer half-year, and at 11 o’clock in the winter season. The average number of Webs sold in this Market may be said to be thus: 120 3/4 wide, and 600 , 7/8 wide; the average value of both amounts to £2,380 weekly. About three-fourths of the Weavers who attend this Market reside in this County, the other fourth lives in the County of Donegal. Upon an average, 660 Weavers attend this Market weekly. Upon an average, 55 Buyers attend each weekly Market. Of the 55 Buyers who attend this Market, 27 are principals and 28 commissioners.
The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers of this County, who attend this Market themselves, or send their Commissioners to purchase for them: Owen DONNELLY Omagh. Thomas COOK Lisdivin James GREER Omagh Edward MOSS Omagh John MATHEWSON Gortin John M‘CREA Mulllagheragh Robert M‘CREA Glenrush Robert M‘CREA Leckpatrick Hugh OWENS Mallison bridge James M‘DOUGAL Mallison Bridge Thomas BROWN Strabane Edward SPROUL Spa Mount James SPROUL Spa Mount Robert COCHRAN Jr. Strabane John and James QUIN Douglas Frederick M‘CORMICK Burndennet The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers from other Counties, who attend this Market themselves, or send their Commissioners to purchase for them: John and William DYSART Derry Co. LondonDerry John and William CAMPBELL Derry “ Adam SCHOALS, Wm. M‘CLINTOCK and Co. Derry “ William MACKY Derry “ John Acheson SMITH Derry “ Carey M'CLELLAND and Co. Derry “ William RAMSAY Derry “ John M‘CLEERY Coleraine “ Mark EAGLESON Coleraine “ Hugh and Thomas HANDCOCK Comber Claudy “ John ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady James ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady Alexander ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady Henry ORR Coleraine John HART Coleraine John WILSON Coleraine James GILMORE Coleraine Francis BENNET Coleraine Robert CONN Newtown Limavady John KNOX Coleraine William MOODY Jr. Newtown Limavady Wm. MOODY Sr. Newtown Limavady Michael KING Dungiven Samuel WILSON Coleraine Robert STEVENSON Co. Derry Joseph JOHNSTON Co. Donegal William CHAMBERS Co. Donegal Thomas WILSON Co. Donegal |